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“For the first time ever, our sales reps receive up-to-date sales reports – and believe in the accuracy of the numbers. They are equipped to be more proactive and productive.”

Barbara Hammond
Hammond Group

Client Challenge

Until a year ago, The Hammond Group used CAS-rep as its software, and the agency always behind in reporting sales and commission figures. Why? The entire process, from data entry and viewing reports, to customizing sales rep reports and sending them via mail, was a manual and very cumbersome process. “Essentially, it was a useless tool,” Hammond recalls.

dynaMACS Solution

When dynaMACS was implemented (a process Hammond recalls took just a few hours: “dynaMACS converted our files, and we literally flipped the switch with no problems.”) the manual nightmare became an automated dream. Data entry, reporting and distribution became nearly effortless:

Using dynaMACS’ eSi, The Hammond Group receives sales and commission statements electronically from six of its largest factories – virtually eliminating data entry. With a few clicks of the mouse, files are transferred and the agency’s database is updated. Rather than wasting time on data entry, the staff is adding value to the agency.

Even for those factories still sending paper invoices, statements are entered as soon as they are received, resulting in always up-to-date sales figures.

And, dynaMACS Mobile eliminated mailing long, printed reports to the field. Sales reps receive their sales reports electronically. Even when traveling or at home, they simply log on to email and download the most recent figures – an amazing advantage when preparing for customer meetings.

Additionally, dynaMACS has enabled The Hammond Group to collect commissions on past due orders, send updated information any time a sales rep requests it and be more proactive in sales strategies and customer service.

The Transaction Viewer is a powerful tool accessible through Sales IQ or the Process Menu. Through the use of the Transaction Viewer you can review all transactions posted in dynaMACS for manufacturers, customers and sales reps by:

Source (i.e. Shipment or Commission record)

Month (i.e. Post or Process Month)

From and Thru Date

From and Thru Session

The following tips will help you understand how to best utilize the Transaction Viewer.

Accessing the Transaction Viewer

From Sales IQ . . .

In the Sales IQ screen select the Manufacturer, Customer or Sales Rep tab.

Select a manufacturer, customer or sales rep right click and choose Show Transactions.

From the Process Menu . . .

Coming from the Process menu will bring up a blank transaction viewer screen vs. coming from a Sales IQ where a manufacturer, customer or sales rep is already selected.

From the main dynaMACS screen select Process and then Transaction Viewer from the menu.

From the Transaction Viewer, you can review the detailed transactions that make up the sales and commission numbers.

In the following example we will look at sales numbers for the manufacturer Lee Jacob Mfg.

From the Sales IQ Manufacturers tab, select the Month.

Select Lee Jacob Mfg.

Right click and select Show Transactions.

From this vantage point we are able to review the transaction details to determine where entry errors may have occurred and corrections may need to be done.

Reversing and Correcting Sessions in Transaction Viewer

In order to correct the posting of a session in the wrong month, a reversal session is required and then a repost in the correct month. The following is an example of how to proceed with this.

From the Sales IQ Manufacturers tab, select the Month.

Right click the manufacturer and select Show Transactions.

In the Transaction Viewer move the bottom scroll bar to the right until the Session Numbers are visible.

If there is more than one session listed in the Transaction Viewer screen, enter the session number to be reversed in the From Session and To Session fields.

Select the Refresh Button to refresh the screen showing only the one session.

Select the Create Session button.

At the “Do you wish to reverse the amount signs?” prompt select Yes.

At the “Sessions have been created. Please print and verify before posting it” prompt select OK.

Select the Create Session button again.

At the “Do you wish to reverse the amount signs?” prompt select No.

At the “Sessions have been created. Please print and verify before posting it” prompt select OK

Close out of Transaction Viewer and Sales IQ and then go to the Sales Entry screen.

You will see the two newly created sessions each with a description of “From Tran. Viewer”. One will have a negative value and the other a positive value. Highlight the second session with the positive value.

Select the Edit button.

In the Sales Entry screen select the Customize button.

Make sure that the Post Month field is set to Process Month (PrMth). If it is not, tab to the Post Month field and change it by using the <F2> key and selecting the Apply button.

Back at the Sales Entry screen select the yellow Process Month button.

At the Warning… screen select the Yes button.

Change the Process Month to the desired date and select the OK button.

Exit from Sales Entry

Go to File>Take Snapshot

Go back to the Sales Entry screen, choose both sessions by selecting the first session, hold down the <Ctrl> key and then select the second session.

Select the Post button.

Verify in Sales IQ that all figures for this month are now correct.

Searching for a Specific Invoice in Transaction Viewer

From the Transaction Viewer you can find invoices by sorting on the Invoice # field. In the following example we will look for invoice# LU46265 for the manufacturer Lee Jacob Mfg.

From the Sales IQ screen select the Manufacturers tab.

Select Lee Jacob Mfg, right click and then select Show Transactions to get to the Transaction Viewer screen.

From the Transaction Viewer, click on the Invoice# column heading.

You will notice that the Invoice# column has now been sorted in ascending order so that you can scroll down to the invoice that you are looking for. Likewise, it can then be sorted in descending order by clicking again on the Invoice# column heading.

Checking Sales Rep Split Commissions in Transaction Viewer

From the Transaction Viewer you can see commission splits for a manufacturer, customer or sales rep.

In the following example for manufacturer Lee Jacob Mfg we can see that there is a rep split by looking at the bottom right hand corner of the Transaction Viewer screen. The Rep Split$ and Avg Split% is displayed for the Primary Rep and Rep 2.

Using the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen scroll over to the right and the details of the split are displayed. In this example Jim Black is the primary rep (or Rep1) and is being paid 35% of the Comm$. Rep 2 is Rick White and he is receiving 10% of the Comm$.